this week, an excellent old tape featuring some early, early recordings by chawiwan damnoen, back from her days co-starring with thongkham phengdi in the rangsiman group of ubon, between 1965 and 1970. the lam rueng to klon style heard here combines lam klon, where male & female leads engage in a brilliant improvised poetry battles, with lam rueang, a sort of stage-play based on buddhist canon or local folktales. the subject here is the ever-popular story of thao kam ka dam, a boy with dark skin who marries a princess. unfortunately, this is only part 2 of a multi-part series, so you won't be getting the whole story. fortunately, though, there's still a ton of beautiful music to enjoy!

enchanting songs of thailand

a collection of great music made by the people of thailand; luk thung, luk krung, molam, regional folk styles & more. mostly recorded from tape, sound quality should be pretty good (unless stated otherwise). transliteration is done using the royal thai general system of transcription. feedback/re-upload requests/etc. always appreciated!